The Center for Budget and Financial Management at the Performance Institute promotes excellence, transparency and accountability to government managers by providing the strategies and tools necessary to solve financial and budgetary issues.

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How the Department of Homeland Security was Created

At the "2003 National Conference on Incident Command for Emergency Response," John Garrett from Patton Boggs explained the current function and structure of the federal homeland security framework, and what steps are being made to bring all homeland security and national defense efforts under a more streamlined system. His presentation covered the changes in department alignment as the Department of Homeland Security was conceived, created, and put to task protecting America.

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Overview of the Office for Domestic Preparedness Program

At the 2003 National Summit on Homeland Security for First Responders, Mark Dozier of the Department of Homeland Security presented outlines of federal funding, equipment and technical assistance initiatives for first responders. To date, his office has been responsible for training more than 140,000 responders in 4,700 jurisdictions.

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We realize that bringing your whole office to a Performance Institute event is not always practical, which is why the Institute is proud to be able to customize its training programs and bring them directly to your office! Using our staff of experts and a faculty of instructors from government and the private sector, the Performance Institute can tailor the curriculum of any program to meet the specific needs of your department or agency.

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The Institute offers consulting to lead your program staff in applying the methodology framework for planning, managing, measuring and evaluating your educational programs. For more information on Institute consulting, please contact [email protected].